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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neptune say must happen for Aeneas and his followers to have save passage over the seas?

2. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?

3. How does Aeneas put out the burning Trojan ships after the Trojan women set them on fire?

4. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

5. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ties Aeneas and his people to the land to which they are headed to settle?

2. What reversals of fate has Helenus faced?

3. How does Aeneas fare as a leader in Book III? Support your answer with examples from the text.

4. What instances in Book V reveal how the Trojans feel about burying their dead?

5. Why should Aeneas not have tried to found a city in Thrace?

6. Which gods and goddesses are actually involved in the fall of Troy and what actions do they take?

7. Describe the Sibyl.

8. What can you tell about how Aeneas is growing as a leader from his behavior at the funeral games?

9. How does Aeneas demonstrate skill as a leader after the Trojans finally make it to shore?

10. How does Priam compare and contrast Achilles and Pyrrhus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Aeneid is full of examples of images that pop up over and over again. Select one of the following and trace and evaluate examples of its use throughout the work:

1) thunderbolts and lightning

2) fire

3) hunting

4) snakes

5) storms.

Essay Topic 2

How much of Turnus' fate at the end of The Aeneid is due to fate, and how much is it due to fortune? As you answer, consider and discuss the following points:

1) What effect did Jupiter have on the outcome of the fight and why?

2) How might things have turned out differently if Turnus had not taken plunder from Pallas?

3) What has Jupiter said all along about the interworkings of fate and fortune and the time allotted each man to live?

Essay Topic 3

Similes and other detailed descriptions help the reader picture and understand things about the settings, characters, and events of this work. Identify an example of a simile being used to describe each of these three things and explain how it is used, what effect it has, and why Virgil might have used that particular simile in that particular place.

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